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@Susan A: Maybe your next caling is to set up training workshops teaching women how to ask! You'd be great and goodness knows women need it. We are socialized to give, not to ask.

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:34:42 PM
@Susan D - Thank you! I love this important work of connecting people, particularly women. And, talking about Thomson Reuters and the good that we're doing in our communities. There is a really great, albeit older book called WOMEN DON'T ASK .. Crazy statistics around first jobs and the $$ difference due to our not asking/negotiating for more!!!!!!

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:36:27 PM
While I'm on the topic of the Millennails (one of my favorite topics lately), I want to put in a plug for a phenomenal Woman to Watch named Stephanie Kaplan. If you do not know her yet, you can meet her on my website www.Leadhership1.com What was I doing when I was 22? Not running my own company that's for sure.

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:37:06 PM
@Susan D @Susan A: There's also the downfall of the "implied" ask. If we work hard, show up at all the meetings and get a degree, we assume that people will KNOW we want the promotion. We need to take a page from our male counterparts' books - not only do they believe they deserve more, they ask for it.

by Karen 3/8/2011 7:37:10 PM
Hi! Back from lunch...@karolneilson I'd love to hear what it's like to love a military vet and whether the violence carries over- as per your novel/ Also second the big Q: "What is the UN going to do?"

by Katherine Govier 3/8/2011 7:37:30 PM
@Karen - you are so right!

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:37:52 PM
@Susan A - it's estimated that women leave $500K on the table in lost income over the course of their lifetime in the US.

by Karen 3/8/2011 7:38:04 PM
@Susan Davis-Ali Susan - good to "hear" your voice again.

by Rick King 3/8/2011 7:38:23 PM
@Karen - Love that, yes! We do need to take a page from our male counterparts. And, they perhaps could take a page from our book on a few things ...

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:38:55 PM
@Rick King - You're one of a kind. Thanks for your support of women leaders!

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:40:18 PM
Funny the statistic re/ when men look to switch roles, they review the responsibilites and have 2 out 10 for example. The women, on the other hand, will review each and every responsiblity very carefully and assess whether she is able to perform each to a level of perfection. Again, we need to take a page from the men in our lives. Just ask!

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:41:10 PM
I always go back to the Dee Dee Myers story about women not having the same level of confidence as equally skilled men do. If there is one thing I urge women to borrow from the male play book it is confidence. If you only have 3 of the 5 requirements for the job, apply anyway and believe in yourself to learn the other 2 on the job!

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:42:45 PM
@Susan D. What do you think we Millennials can do that boomers/ Gen Xers didn't with regards to workplace and social equality?

by Terrine Friday 3/8/2011 7:43:06 PM
@Susan Davis-Ali Mega Ditto!

by Rick King 3/8/2011 7:43:19 PM
@Susan D about confidence: reminds me of figures I've seen about how women writers fail to resubmit to contests, magazines, after 1 rejection, where men consistently bounce back at way higher levels.

by Katherine Govier 3/8/2011 7:44:11 PM
@Susan D - bravo, love it!

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:45:00 PM
@Terrine - yes, yes, yes! I totally believe in the Millennials. I think the Boomers have done an awesome job, but it's time for change and I am so excited to see the change that the Millennial leaders are going to bring to the workplace. I'll be old and retired by then, but I'll be watching and applauding from my lazy boy.

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:45:27 PM
There is a fascinating book called Confidence: When winning streaks begin and end (or something very close to that) by the brilliant Harvard Prof Rosabeth Kanter. Fabulous read!

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:45:59 PM
@Susan A I'm writing that one down. Confidence is very complicated. While I would say and most people would say of me that I have tons of confidence I know there is a small way in which I sell myself out, repeatedly, and it has to do with letting men lead.

by Katherine Govier 3/8/2011 7:47:45 PM
@Katherine - Thanks for that comment. I had to take a dose of my own medicine to your exact point. I submitted a blog to USA Today College and it did not get accepted. On the next go around, I hesitated just as the data suggests, but submitted one again. That one got accepted and will be coming out in early April. It's easy to coach about confidence, another thing to have to live it myself.

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:48:10 PM
I've just read the following in PINK Magazine, When it comes to education and earning power, women have made major progress. Three times more women age 25–34 have college degrees now than in 1968; and 57% of undergrad degrees go to women.

We’ve narrowed the wage gap by 18% since 1979, and women account for 51% of workers in management and professional positions.

But despite our amazing progress in education, women still tend to work in lower-paying fields.

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:50:28 PM
@Susan D @Terrine That is great you resubmitted! For my part, if there is a thing I as a Boomer could do better and would like to see Millenials doing it is giving our daughters more confidence!

by Katherine Govier 3/8/2011 7:50:38 PM
@ susan A - so right about women not asking - but life isnt easy when they do. Research shows that women who ask for raises and promotions are seen as pushy - where men will be seen as ambitious. Agree with the comment that women try to get there by working hard - my colleague calls this 'good girl with clipboard syndrome'

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:51:57 PM
@Susan A. It seems as if women also tend to set their own limits as well. For example, J-school is majority women, but we do not represent the majority in most newsrooms. Why is that?

by Terrine Friday 3/8/2011 7:52:29 PM
@Terrine Friday You and your generation will help REALLY move the ball on all of these issues, in my opinion. The sooner you all get into leadership, the better. Hopefully, many of you will WANT to!

by Rick King 3/8/2011 7:52:34 PM
@Susan Auer It is a great book! So is Susan's!!!!

by Rick King 3/8/2011 7:53:27 PM
@Susan A - agree this is the case across the board - here in UK women will be found in low paid but important roles like carework, but high paid workers like electricians tend to be male....

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:54:05 PM
@Katherine Govier I am back, too! For me, my father served in Vietnam and my grandfather was a World War II hump pilot who flew over the Himalayas so it was a natural fit for me. I wish that I had a wonderful solution to all the violence in the world. I have come to feel that true peace comes from individuals, reaching across these invisible barriers, which is the subject of a book by Hal Saunders, who helped negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt.

by @karolnielsen 3/8/2011 7:54:12 PM
@Katherine @Rick Yes, confidence and leadership is key, but always easier said than done.

by Terrine Friday 3/8/2011 7:54:21 PM
I leave you with one of my favorite quotes.... "People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning."– Lao-Tzu

by Mercedes 3/8/2011 7:55:05 PM
@ Terrine - agree, its so easy to be confident when you are invited in to inner circle - much harder when you feel like you are on the outside...

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:55:33 PM
@Rick - I agree, Susan Davis-Ali has a fabulous book as well as Karen Hough has a new book just published this week and of course, Gail Evans has a few rock-solid books. Thank you to all for sharing your journey!

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:55:42 PM
@Mercedes Thank you for that!

by Terrine Friday 3/8/2011 7:55:44 PM
Has it really been almost an hour already? I have had so much fun spending time with all of you amazing men and women. You help remind me why I love the work that I do. Thank you again to Susan Auer and Thomson Reuters for inviting me to be a part of this live blog. I'll check back later.

by Susan Davis-Ali 3/8/2011 7:56:15 PM
@Terrine Friday Yep. Let me know if I can help. Am serious.

by Rick King 3/8/2011 7:56:22 PM
@Caroline, interesting that you wrote that you feel like you are on the outside. My advice, FAKE IT -- Feel like YOU are in the inside.

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:56:38 PM
@ mercedes - in Valerie Steads book on women leaders she quotes Betty Boothroyd, only women speaker in UK - and one piece of advice she gives to women who want to make it to the top is 'dont give up'

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:56:46 PM
Not specifically think of me - a general comment about women who research shows dont get offered the same opportunities as men....

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:57:25 PM
...tho' fake it good advice for all of us.

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:58:01 PM
@Susan D - thank you for your insighful comments! very beneficial!

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:58:08 PM
@Caroline Gatrell I often feel on the outside in various efforts. If its important to me and others, I push in. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't but at least I tried.

by Rick King 3/8/2011 7:58:38 PM
Perhaps not even FAKE IT but BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:58:46 PM
@karolnielson So it's in the blood. My partner too from military background, 'though he did not serve. Such a foreign, male world to me. I agree, peace comes from private individuals.

by Katherine Govier 3/8/2011 7:59:08 PM
@Rick - love that! Yes, push in! and try and then try again.

by Susan Auer 3/8/2011 7:59:20 PM
yes - good advice. And maybe important to remember when we feel we are getting there what it did feel not to be on the inside so we can invite others in

by Caroline Gatrell 3/8/2011 7:59:56 PM